One of the reasons most developments have Mello Roos is that cost to put in all the public improvements are so high that it will stymie growth if the developers have to front it all.

It depends on the neighborhood and maybe even what improvements that hypothetical home built in the 1970s got. 

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Thank you You are obviously a sincere young person looking at improving your financial position.  

I plan to use a HELOC for the improvements to create lots with improvements.My plan for the rest of the parcel, now roughly 7 acres, is to built a primary home for my family, and to put in 5-6 cabins.

Many of the towns are having to improve infrastructure due to the quickly growing population.

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You don't have a great case for a tax appeal here because it looks like it was upped based on the renovation and improvements done prior to you buying it.

For example she starts dating a carpenter or a handyman type (or even worse a wannabe carpenter or handyman) who moves in and does work on the home and claims they should have equity too for making those improvements.

Maybe they know the owners or were able to get the owners to let them see the inside.The process would be significantly improved if there was an expiration time for the owners to become current on the tax debt.